Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14238422 - Employee's leg fractured when he is pinned by drill collar

Accident Summary Nr: 14238422 -- Report ID: 0953210 -- Event Date: 10/30/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
114611254	11/07/1990	1781	0	Welch - Howell Drilling Co., Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was being trained by a coworker to be a derrickman. He was leaning out of a derrick to catch a drill collar that needed to be tied off when he unlatched the elevated drill collar. It pinned him against the monkey boards, fracturing his leg. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: DERRICK, FRACTURE, DERRICKMAN, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, DRILL COLLAR, INEXPERIENCE, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	114611254			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Drillers, earth

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